'I've never done anything cliche and I've never got anything cliche.'
National award-winning Malayalam film 'Adaminte Makan Abu', which deals with the struggle of a poor perfume seller to collect money for Haj, has been named India's official entry for this year's Oscars.
Divya Nair celebrates the actor's birthday by presenting the path-breaking films and performances that define his career.
Take your pick from these four releases.
Top actor Mohanlal on Saturday broke his silence over the shocking revelations in the Justice Hema Committee report which has shaken the Malayalam film industry, and said the entire industry is answerable to the questions raised but the actors' association is targeted and blamed for everything.
Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots was chosen as The Best Popular Film, as Amitabh Bachchan won The Best Actor award for his role in Paa and Malayalam film Kutti Srank won the award in the Best Feature Film category as 57th National Awards were announced in New Delhi on Wednesday.
'They just showed riots created by some political party. They never mentioned the name of the place or the political party.' 'I don't know why these people are agitated.'
On Thursday, the opening day of the movie itself, the Sangh Parivar came out with vehement criticism against the film on social media, while the Congress and a section of the Left platforms celebrated the film for portraying the right-wing politics as "villainous".
The noted actor was undergoing treatment for liver and kidney diseases.
'Indian life is full of chaos. So it captures the cultural chaos quite beautifully and lightly.'
Madhav Ramadasan, director of the much acclaimed Malayalam film Melvialsom talks about his big win.
'The CBI did a wonderful job of tracking down the killers, but at the end of the day, all the hard work went for a toss.' 'If we had caught them alive, the operation would have been successful completely.'
According to Andrea Jeremiah's Insta, she is a 'magical caffeinated unicorn who acts and sings for a living.'
The untitled movie will be directed by FTII Pune graduate and software engineer Abhay Simha.
'Even in PlayStation games, he was keen to win.'
From the 'khiladi' brand of movies rocking his boat to a love for starring in biopics and scripts inspired by true stories to headlining endless remakes of South Indian hits, there's a pattern to the man and his methods.
Politicians from the Left and the Congress party in Kerala have rallied behind Malayalam superstar Mammootty, who is facing online harassment from certain right wing sympathisers in connection with his 2022 film, Puzhu.
101 Chodyangal and One are the two film that will clash at the box office.
The makers of the upcoming sci-fi Project K unveiled the long-awaited official first look of Deepika Padukone from the film.
Anwar, to be directed by Amal Neerad, will also star Prakash Raj, actor/producer/director Lal and Mamta Mohandas.
He was trolled during the Lok Sabha poll campaign, but despite the tactics by his rivals, action hero Suresh Gopi rose to national stardom in cinema style on June 4, winning the Thrissur seat on a BJP ticket and scripting history for the saffron party in Kerala.
The film is directed by reknowned lyricist Kaithapram Damodaran Namboodiri.
Director P T Kunhi Mohammed talks about his film Veeraputhran and opens up about the controversies related to it.
The story which is set in a hospital named Apothecary highlights some social issues.
'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian cinema.' N Sathiya Moorthy assesses the career and politics of movie legend Kamal Haasan on his 70th brthday.
With its age-old fascination for education, southern states have done better than the North. Start-ups, IT hubs, and industry majors setting up shop have changed the face of the South. Nearly 79% of global offices set up by international conglomerates in India are in the South. Almost 46% of tech unicorns are from the South. The GDP per person in the South is 4.2 times higher than the North. None of these indicators can be ignored by any central government, whatever the political compulsions, notes Ramesh Menon.
Hariharan on directing his latest Malayalam movie.
Sukanya Verma lists 10 of our best ruling the roost of Hindi cinema right now.
Never before in history have Cannes and its sidebars found space for eight Indian, or India-themed, films.
A picture of glamour and grit in the face of an emergency, the air hostess, flight attendant or air stewardess is often the hero we didn't know we needed.
'Romance not in a physical manner maybe, but, you know, where you are just sharing dialogues and looking at each other and conversations are happening.'
The national media gave the impression that Hindi films swept the National awards which is far from the truth.
The national media gave the impression that Hindi films swept the National awards which is far from the truth.
The cinematographer-turned-director has quite two projects lined up.
Three-time National award-winning cinematographer Madhu Ambat talks about Adaminte Makan Abu and much more
Mamangam will be released in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
The Malayalam mega movie star has started acting in silly entertainers for commercial success.
